Indoor Snowball Fight Game: Easy Paper Rules

An indoor snowball fight uses crumpled paper in place of snow, and the goal is to get all the balls off your side of the room. It is loud, fast and safe when you follow a few rules.

How to Set Up

1. Move breakable items, lamps and decorations out of the room.
2. Lay a line of tape or a rope across the middle of the room to split it in two.
3. Crumple the paper into balls about the size of a fist. Make about 20 per player to be safe.
4. Divide the balls evenly between the two sides.
5. Split players into two teams, one on each side.
6. Set a timer for 2 minutes.

How to Play

1. Teams stand on their own sides and cannot cross the line.
2. Stand ready and call “3, 2, 1, snow!”
3. Start the timer. Players pick up paper balls and throw them over the line.
4. Throw below the neck only. No hard throws and no aiming at faces.
5. Keep throwing back any balls that land on your side.
6. Stop when the timer ends and everyone must freeze.
7. Count the balls on each side. The team with fewer balls wins the round.
8. Play 3 rounds, switching sides each time.

Scoring and Winning

The team with fewer balls on its side wins the round and scores a point. The team with the most round wins takes the game. Also give a “snow angel” award to the player who stayed in the best spirit.

Tips for a Fun Game

• Play music during the fight and stop it when the time ends.
• Use a big trash bag so clean-up becomes a mini game too.
• Add a hat or goggles for older kids who want to play with faces covered.
• Keep very small kids on a separate soft side with cotton balls.

Variations

• Little kids: Use cotton balls or pom-poms and play without teams.
• Fort edition: Let each team build a wall from cushions and play from behind it.
• Target round: Draw a snowman on a poster and throw balls at the target for points.